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Pioneer plan to integrate service
The coalition government is inviting submissions from local authorities to become ‘pioneers’ to make integrated health and social care the norm by 2018.The goal...
GPS tracking plan to keep tabs on dementia patients
Sussex Police has resurrected a long-standing concept to track people with dementia using GPS in a bid to reduce the number of callouts to...
NICE takes on care quality remit
The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has officially started its work into developing standards for quality in social care and published...
NICE publishes commissioning guide for dementia services
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a guide to commissioning care for people suffering from dementia.
Formerly the National Institution...
LNT refinances for £100m
LNT Group, which operates Ideal Care Homes, completed a refinancing deal worth £100m last month.Chief executive Lawrence Tomlinson praised two of the four banks...
Birmingham under fire from providers
A Midlands-based care group last month accused Birmingham city council of driving down quality by not paying adequate fees to local providers.Chairman of Moundlsey...
CareTech maintains capacity
CareTech Holdings, UK provider of specialist social care services, issued a trading update for the first half of the financial year.During the period, the...
Leicester to close homes
Leicester city council announced last month that it will close up to eight of its care homes over the next three years due to...
Legally speaking
Difficult times: tough decisions.
How to cut costs while avoiding the legal pitfallsMost care providers are currently faced with the difficult task of delivering services...
Assura elects for REIT status
Assura Group Limited, the UK primary care property investor and developer has elected for real estate investment trust (REIT) status with effect from 1...
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